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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Rural Health
  • Psychometrics

Background:

  • Clinical courage is vital for rural doctors, involving adaptability and willingness to exceed training limits.
  • Developing a quantitative measure for clinical courage is essential for research and practice.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the in-house development of survey items for a quantitative measure of clinical courage.
  • To present the resultant clinical courage questionnaire ready for psychometric testing.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a second-order latent factor model structure.
  • Employed the nominal group technique to achieve consensus among research team members.
  • Detailed the psychometric process of questionnaire design.

Main Results:

  • Developed an initial questionnaire to measure clinical courage.
  • The questionnaire is designed for quantitative measurement and psychometric validation.
  • The process involved rigorous steps to ensure a sound measurement tool.

Conclusions:

  • Successfully outlined the psychometric process for designing the clinical courage questionnaire.
  • The developed questionnaire is ready for testing and refinement with rural clinicians.
  • This work provides a foundational tool for assessing clinical courage in rural healthcare settings.